Police speak to Prince Philip about not wearing seatbelt after crash as victim disputes Palace's claim of well wishes

Police in England have had a word with Prince Philip after the 97-year-old royal was spotted driving sans seatbelt just two days after overturning his vehicle in a “horrendous” accident.

A spokesperson for the Norfolk Police said “suitable words of advice” were offered to the Duke of Edinburgh after he was photographed driving a new Land Rover Saturday without a seatbelt.

His wife, Queen Elizabeth II, was also spotted without a belt while driving in a car Friday. The 92-year-old, however, was seen properly buckled in in photographs published on The Telegraph Saturday.

The cautionary advice comes after Prince Philip was involved in a two-car accident Thursday that injured two women.

The Duke was driving his Land Rover on a public road near Sandringham Estate in Norfolk when his vehicle collided with a Kia, cutting the knees of the 28-year-old female driver and breaking the wrist of a 45-year-old female passenger riding shotgun.

A 9-month-old baby in the backseat of the Kia was uninjured, as was Prince Philip. He made a precautionary trip to the hospital Friday.

Buckingham Palace said in a statement that the royals contacted the victims privately and exchanged “well wishes” – though one of the victims has said otherwise.

Emma Fairweather, the passenger who broke her wrist, told the Sunday Mirror that she did not hear directly from the Queen and the Duke, only from a police family liaison officer who offered a confusing message.

“I’m lucky to be alive and he hasn’t even said sorry. It has been such a traumatic and painful time and I would have expected more of the Royal Family,” she said. “The message he passed on didn’t even make sense. The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh would like to be remembered by you. That’s not an apology or even a well-wish.”

Witness Roy Warne told reporters that he helped pull the Duke from his overturned car in what was nothing short of an “astonishing escape.”

“Fortunately the injuries were very light. People could have been killed – the impact must have been enormous,” he said. “There was a little bit of blood and one of the royal entourage gave me a wipe to wipe my hands.”

He added that Prince Philip was “obviously shaken” by the accident, and that the royal said he’d been “dazzled by the sun.”